I added a white freezer to the room. It has nothing but fishfood in it. I guess someone's ice cream in the main freezer was starting to taste like shrimp and that was not accepted. I grow a basketball size ball of cheato every 2 months or so.
What a long strage trip is been (Fishroom Evalution) (1 Viewer)
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I added a white freezer to the room. It has nothing but fishfood in it. I guess someone's ice cream in the main freezer was starting to taste like shrimp and that was not accepted. I grow a basketball size ball of cheato every 2 months or so.
Of course had to upgrade the controller along the way. Programming the apex was much harder than the ACjr, but I like it more. I have 3 Eb8's and 1 Dc8, 1 Pm2 and 1x VDM for the DIY LED moon lights. I want to pick up a I/O breakout box in the near future. I want add some float switches for monitoring.
Moved the freezer to right inside the room (stage right)
Moved the freezer to right inside the room (stage right)
I thaw out my brick of mysis, rinse it off in RODI and then refreeze it in RO water for easy feeding. I have it like this so that when I'm gone, someone else can easily add the correct amount of food to the tank with out having to touch the shrimp.
Got upgraded along the way. Now running 2x di chambers. Chloramines filter. Oh and 2x Ro for faster filling of my mix tank.
Its hard to see, but I drilled the 60g mix tank and have that hard plumbed to a pump and can easily complete my water change. It isnt gravity, but oh well. I can't win them all.
It is drilled on the very bottom and goes up and "T" The blue valve goes into sump, the red valve goes back into mix tank.
(You can see my dosers too. I have 2.5 gallon tanks on those, because I don't enjoy mixing up alk and cal daily. Current amount is 264lm of alk (daily) and 200ml of cal
Its hard to see, but I drilled the 60g mix tank and have that hard plumbed to a pump and can easily complete my water change. It isnt gravity, but oh well. I can't win them all.
It is drilled on the very bottom and goes up and "T" The blue valve goes into sump, the red valve goes back into mix tank.
(You can see my dosers too. I have 2.5 gallon tanks on those, because I don't enjoy mixing up alk and cal daily. Current amount is 264lm of alk (daily) and 200ml of cal
The paint on the floor was chipping up and I did not want to paint in that room or have chemicals floating around the room from an epoxy coat or something to replace the floor. I got a deal on some vinyl flooring which was easy to install. I put down some tape (made for this) *After scrapping up all the loose paint. Cut the vinyl and then put up some trim to hold it in place.
Depending on what happens, I may be getting a 190 to replace the 75. That 75 is full of corals and I am running out of room!
(Not sure on timeline, or even if it will happen, but there is a chance)
Thanks for reading!
(Not sure on timeline, or even if it will happen, but there is a chance)
Thanks for reading!
That went from zero to epic pretty quickly. Thanks for the awesome write up!
I feel like I just watched the whole season of a show in one sitting. Pretty impressive and super jealous. That's an amazing fish room. Thanks for the details!
Nice write up. It was neat seeing how you evolved in the hobby.
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Very interesting to see how you changed things over the years!
Thanks for sharing Carl! Your fish room sure has changed over the years, and your display tank is looking amazing compared to when I saw it a year or two ago.
It was kinda easy? Do the double sided tape option over the glue. Much easier to apply. I did not move the tanks and stands around, so I had to really custom cut the vinyl which nothing in that room was a 90 degree angle, so that was tricky. But if the room was empty it would be easy!
The floor is much warmer now too. Bare feet is fine, but last winter not so much.
It is easy to clean up water drops too. I like it.
Thanks,
It has really changed, and the tank too. Its fun to look back and see how far you've come along! (So take pictures of your systems!)
This room needs a nice cushion swivel bar stool right in the middle.
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Great write up!
You have definitely maximized every inch of space in such a small room.
And when you mentioned early on about learning "harsh" lessons with keeping fish tanks and keeping roommates happy… I've definitely have been there and learned those lessons also.
You have definitely maximized every inch of space in such a small room.
And when you mentioned early on about learning "harsh" lessons with keeping fish tanks and keeping roommates happy… I've definitely have been there and learned those lessons also.